Jay Chou

Dubbed "the New King of Asian Pop" by a 2003 cover story in Time magazine's Asian edition, Taiwanese singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and actor/director Jay Chou has sold millions of albums and concert tickets since his 2000 debut album. Born Chou Chieh-lun in the Linkou District of northern Taiwan, he began piano lessons at age four and cello lessons in grade school, instruments he continued to study formally through his teens, when he also began writing songs. An appearance on Super New Talent King in 1998, where he accompanied a friend on piano, led to a job offer by...